Cleaning Beaches, Creating Masterpieces

Passionate about the ocean, its ecosystems and marine wildlife, we recycle flipflops that are found littered on beaches and in waterways of Kenya.

Every single Ocean Sole product is handcrafted to protect the oceans and teach the world about the threats of marine debris.

As a bizarre and yet very real phenomenon, thousands and thousands of flipflops are washed up onto the East African coast creating an environmental disaster. Not only spoiling the natural beauty of our beaches and oceans, the rubber soles are swallowed & suffocated on by fish & other animals, they obstruct turtle hatchlings from reaching the sea and are a man-made menace to our fragile ecosystems.

Our creative team of artisans transforms the discarded flipflops into elephants, giraffes, lions, rhinos, dolphins, sharks, turtles and more. These colourful masterpieces come with an important message about marine conservation whilst bringing smiles to people all over the world.

magic through craftsmanship

Creating A Sustainable Impact

Flipflops are one of the largest marine pollutants on our Indian Ocean beaches

Our oceans are filling up with plastic

Ocean Sole is taking action, through trade we create change

Ocean Sole puts back into our foundation 5% of all profit from our products and 25% from our “Giant” sculptures

We aim to recycle 400,000 flipflops a year and create masterpieces for sale across the world. The recycled flipflop creates awareness of our human footprint.

We work with over 100 individuals; at our workshops in Nairobi, in city slums and in remote coastal areas providing much needed employment.

“I was not able to afford shoes and had to borrow some to come to Nairobi to find work. I have been working here for 6 years…I can now afford to send my two children to secondary school and feed and clothe them well. I have set up a small farm upcountry with two cows and I sell the milk to my neighbours to make extra money and it is an investment for my children. The company supports me when I am sick and they pay my doctor’s bills. I say thank you.” -Eric Mwandola, Artisan, Rhino Team

Ocean Sole puts 5% of its profits back into our foundation and 25% of profit from all "Giant" sculptures.